IRMNG - Meropidae Vigors, 1825

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Meropidae Vigors, 1825

IRMNG_ID

104293 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104293)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Coraciiformes

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Genus Meropogon Bonaparte, 1850
1. Species Meropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850
Genus Merops Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817
2. Species Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
3. Species Merops auritus Latham, 1802
4. Species Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882
5. Species Merops breweri Cassin, 1859
6. Species Merops bullockoides Smith, 1834
7. Species Merops bulocki Vieillot, 1817
8. Species Merops gularis Shaw, 1798
9. Species Merops hirundineus Lichtenstein, 1793
10. Species Merops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817
11. Species Merops malimbicus Shaw, 1806
12. Species Merops muelleri (Cassin, 1857)
13. Species Merops nubicoides DesMurs & Pucheran, 1846
14. Species Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788
15. Species Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892)
16. Species Merops orientalis Latham, 1802
17. Species Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
18. Species Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
19. Species Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1766
20. Species Merops pusillus Müller, 1776
21. Species Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882
22. Species Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766
23. Species Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817
24. Species Merops viridis Linnaeus, 1758
25. Species Merops eupogon Lichtenstein, 1818 accepted as Manorina melanophrys (Latham, 1802)
26. Species Merops lewini Bonaparte, 1850 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
27. Species Merops melanurus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
28. Species Merops phrygius Shaw, 1794 accepted as Xanthomyza phrygia (Shaw, 1794)
29. Species Merops tenuipennis Dumont, 1821 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
30. Species Merops thouini Dumont, 1821 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
Genus Nyctyornis Jardine & Selby, 1830
1. Species Nyctyornis amictus (Temminck, 1824)
2. Species Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby, 1830)
Genus Aerops Reichenbach, 1851 accepted as Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Bombylonax Heine, 1860 accepted as Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Dicrocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 accepted as Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Melitophagus Des Murs in Chenu, 1853 accepted as Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Melittophagus Boie, 1828 accepted as Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Nycthiornis Oustalet, 1877 accepted as Nyctyornis Jardine & Selby, 1830
Genus Nyctinomus Swainson, 1831 accepted as Nyctyornis Jardine & Selby, 1830
Genus Nyctiornis Swainson, 1831 accepted as Nyctyornis Jardine & Selby, 1830
Genus Phlotrus Gray, 1855 (Misspelling)
Genus Pogonomerops Cabanis & Heine, 1860 accepted as Meropogon Bonaparte, 1850
Genus Meropicus Malherbe, 1861 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Phlothrus Reichenbach, 1852 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Meropidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104293 on 2025-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Coraciiformes (Order) > Meropidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Bee-eaters. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Bartonian)-Holocene (?Recent). Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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